SRINAGAR: The CBI Thursday filed a cost sheet towards two authorities officers and a non-public individual, in a bribery case, earlier than the Particular Decide Anti-Corruption (CBI instances) Jammu Bala Jyoti.
This case was initiated on April 6, following a criticism lodged by Satvir Singh Raina, the Chief Horticulture Officer connected to the Directorate of Agriculture, Authorities of Jammu and Kashmir. The complainant alleged that Sarbjit Singh, the accused Chief Horticulture Officer of Jammu, had demanded a bribe of Rs10 lacs from Raina.
The bribe was supposedly sought in trade for securing Raina’s desired posting and resolving varied departmental points, together with promotion. After thorough verification, the CBI decided that the allegations towards Sarbjit Singh had been real.
Satbir Singh was caught red-handed whereas demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 10 lacs on behalf of Mohd Farooq Dar, the Particular Secretary of the Agriculture and Manufacturing Division within the Authorities of Jammu and Kashmir.
Additional investigations revealed that the bribe cash was supposed to be delivered to the Particular Secretary via an middleman named Gohar Ahmed Dar. In the course of the subsequent phases of the operation, Gohar Ahmed Dar, appearing as a intermediary, was apprehended whereas taking possession of the bribe cash from Sarbjit Singh. Each people had been promptly arrested by the established authorized procedures.
To assemble extra proof, searches had been carried out on the residences of each the accused events, in addition to on the residence of Mohd Farooq Dar. The searches yielded important findings, together with a sum of Rs 3.5 lacs in money and varied paperwork concerning the accused’s property, each movable and immovable.
On conclusion of the investigation, a cost sheet has been filed as we speak towards Mohd Farooq Dar, Particular Secretary, Agriculture Manufacturing Division, Govt of JK; Sarbjit Singh, Chief Horticulture Officer, Jammu and Gohar Ahmed Dar, Non-public Individual underneath part 120-B IPC r/w part 7 of PC Act 1988 and substantive offences thereof, earlier than the Particular Decide, Anti-Corruption (CBI Circumstances), Jammu.
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